- #1 KILLA
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%
- #2 呪いの穢れ唄 鳴海龍也の回奇録
96% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: BogeymanGames
Windows
You have lost your memory and wake up in an unpopular Japanese house. Strange phenomena occur. Eerie singing voices coming from inside the house. Uncover the mystery of the cursed house with your partner.
Why similar: Investigation 14.8%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 11.2%
- #3 Welcome To The Survey
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Dark 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #4 Dark Room
95% matchMixed58% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You woke up in a Mysterious place you have never seen before. Can you Find a way out? Solve Puzzles and find Hidden objects to uncover the Dark Story of the place you are trapped in.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Hidden Object 11%
- #5 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,358 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 27%, Point & Click 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #6 Ancra
94% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: For7s
Windows
A narrative driven, puzzle-horror game. Solve cryptic puzzles, embrace or evade vengeful specters, decide who to trust and unravel a mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Psychological 16.7%, Point & Click 13.5%, Dark 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #7 Time Crack
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MelTheMelPub: Nightfall Narratives
Windows
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.4%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #8 Kindred [High Tide]
92% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.6%
- #9 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
91% matchVery Positive83% of 267 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 16.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%
- #10 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Dark 14.4%, Anime 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #11 Paris Mysteries: Man with Ivory Cane
91% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore atmospheric Parisian locations, collect clues, combine items, crack ciphers and solve dozens of brain-teasing puzzles and mini-games to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 13.1%
- #12 St. Mary's 1985
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ci8bit
Windows
You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Psychological 23.3%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #13 Dreambound
89% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Anime 10.7%
- #14 Cross The Boundaries
88% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological 18.7%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Anime 14.2%, Mystery 12.3%
- #15 Beacon's Bluff
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Beacon's Bluff is a 2D pressure puzzler with horror elements. Keep the beacon's light alive and survive your shift by solving intriguing puzzles. Become engrossed in this discerning horror puzzler.
Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Dark 13.5%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 12%
- #16 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,381 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Mystery 18.5%, Anime 15.9%, Dark 10.7%
- #17 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Psychological 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #18 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
85% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 11%
- #19 a pet shop after dark
84% matchVery Positive89% of 405 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Dark 12.5%, Hidden Object 8.9%
- #20 Unaware
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aces Games
Windows
Gather your strength and find information about your whereabouts. Explore the area. Find and assemble all the puzzle pieces. This way you will learn about the dark past.
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #21 The Terrible Persistence of Memory
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pixels and Pins Studio
Windows
When you wake from a deep sleep, the first thing the goblin doctor asks is "What's your name?" The problem is: you don't know. Retrace your steps. Find what you've lost. Piece together who you are from the strange and incredible things you can do
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 12.2%, Hidden Object 11.8%
- #22 Confinio: Reality Prison
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 12%, Hidden Object 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #23 Observer The Cat
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horror Anomaly
Windows
🐾 A 2D anomaly-spotting horror. Watch cozy rooms, memorize every detail, and report anything unusual. Watch. Notice. Report. Survive until 06:00 — and don’t trust the cat.
Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Dark 9%
- #24 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
- #25 SEEING THINGS
80% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Hidden Object 17%, Psychological 16%, Dark 12%, Mystery 9.5%
- #26 These Nights Alone
81% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: ryArt
Windows
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Point & Click 14%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #27 Nightfall Cafe
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LynoharaPub: MILOSIRIS STUDIO
Windows · Linux
An atmospheric, eerie point-and-click adventure. Play as Ana, a botanist venturing into a misty forest with buried secrets. Prepare bizarre meals for cryptids to obtain information and items. The more she investigates, the stranger things become — and someone doesn’t want her there.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Investigation 19.1%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%
- #28 Born for the Light ~Wavelength Radiant Collapse~
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: qDrotPub: TERNOX
Windows
Endless world. Endless sky. Endless light. Will the shadows be cast upon all Children dwelling on the Treetops? Regardless, I spread my prosthetic wings, taking a leap of faith.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 13.5%, Dark 13%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #29 KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托
79% matchVery Positive86% of 980 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 258.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
“喂喂,求求你啦!救救我!” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救,给你打电话的人,是一名被监禁的少女
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Horror 8.5%
- #30 RUNT
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Psychological 11%, Dark 10%
- #31 Kabaret
77% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Lore-Rich 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Point & Click 12.8%
- #32 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Investigation 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 14.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Point & Click 11%
- #33 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: California Beef Noodle
Windows
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Psychological 29.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 13.2%, RPG 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #34 Retrace
77% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: Spider Lily Studios LLC
Windows
THIS WORLD DESIRES YOUR DEATH. A ghost tour gone wrong leads Freya to a parallel dimension, almost designed for her. Can you beat death, and escape? A game of mystery, adventure and queer love stories for PC.
Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Mystery 8.2%
- #35 Midnight Therapy
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Investigation 17.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #36 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
74% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%
- #37 Case File: Archived 3:12AM
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zippy Creative Studio
Windows
At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%
- #38 Pale Light
73% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Hushberry Games LLC
Windows
Pale Light is a hidden object horror game. You play as a medical examiner searching for clues on five bodies the FBI brought you. Reason suggests self-administered poison, but as you search you begin to see things that reason alone cannot explain...
Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Hidden Object 16.2%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #39 Decide 4 God
73% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Miracle Moon
Windows
The final entry of the Abime Series. Six intruders and six captives share a high-tech prison where their moral dilemmas may lead them to a fate worse than death. Can they overcome the wiles of Empathy Systems? What dark secrets lurk behind that institution? When does knowledge become a curse?
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Mystery 11%
- #40 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,271 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 25.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Mystery 16.1%, Anime 15.2%, Dark 11.3%
- #41 What Is Going On?
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Genie Games
Windows
“What is going on?” is a anomaly detection & survival horror game. Players take the role of a lone resident who must endure five nights, using limited flashlight and CCTV to survive. Strange anomalies and entities invade the home, and the player must detect, defend, and hide to stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Investigation 19.5%, Hidden Object 16.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #42 Khitarii and Khimoshi
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XeroStryker
Windows
Kitari and Kimoshi is a story about two girls who meet for the very first time through unusual circumstances. Click through the manga pages, and make choices that affect the flow of the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Anime 16.3%, Dark 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #43 Hunting Hunter
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maggot Games
Windows
Take the Role of a persistent therapist trying to find their client who has gone off the rails before the police do. can she catch the Paranoid Hunter before being Hunted herself? it is a Weird Journey with many twists turns. but can you save him from himself? or is he not even crazy.
Why similar: Investigation 28%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 11.5%, Hidden Object 9.8%
- #44 Silent Surveillance
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: 8x5y1a
Windows
Silent Surveillance is a horror puzzle game where you monitor multiple security cameras to find anomalies. Stay vigilant—you wouldn't want to succumb to the lurking terror waiting for a single moment of distraction. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Psychological 20.1%, Hidden Object 16.3%, Mystery 15.6%, Dark 8.6%
- #45 BLOK 200: Prologue
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Experiments Field Studio
Windows
A visual novel in the Samosbor setting. You are a student of the technical college who wakes up in a stranger's living cell after your own death. You must come to terms with your new grim nature and face the cruel world far from the walls of your native incubator block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological 17.9%, Anime 16.6%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Dark 11.6%
- #46 Downware
70% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Aridide Production
Windows
Where is Lucy? Your girlfriend is not at home at the time of your meeting. Could the Mark-13 cyclops, who enforces martial law, have something to do with it? Find out by diving into the dark and immersive world of Downware, a first-person Cyberpunk horror game.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Psychological 16.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%
- #47 Reflection Link
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Mystery 15.9%, Point & Click 13.9%, Anime 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #48 Do Not Disturb: Untold Tales
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Harpy
Windows
Do Not Disturb is a 2D narrative psychological horror game. It is set in the heart of the Amazon, in the city of Manaus—a place filled with mysticism and legends, where the roots of a forgotten people still remain alive.
Why similar: Investigation 32.3%, Lore-Rich 25.1%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 8%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #49 Log.in
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 21.7%, Point & Click 16.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #50 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,558 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Investigation 17.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%
- #51 時折記 -Tokioriki-
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 21.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Mystery 15%, Dark 10.4%
- #52 Search
69% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: ParsonsGames
Windows
Play as a Park Ranger in Dreary Lake Provincial Park and unravel the mysteries your coworkers are trying to keep hidden. PSX Style First Person Thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 25.1%, Lore-Rich 23.4%, Dark 15.4%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Horror 9.4%
- #53 Ubel
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Mystery 18.7%, Anime 18%, Psychological 15%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #54 Ashen Reverie
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 12.1%
- #55 Mystery Trackers: Paxton Creek Avenger Collector's Edition
69% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Someone's made it their personal vendetta to bring down the Mystery Trackers.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Hidden Object 22.7%, Point & Click 16%, Mystery 14.7%, Dark 10.3%
- #56 outside the door
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Anime 18.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Mystery 10%
- #57 Amelie
68% matchVery Positive92% of 450 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 11%, Dark 9.7%
- #58 Kara no Shojo
69% matchVery Positive92% of 449 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 161.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 12.7%, Anime 11.6%, Dark 10.4%
- #59 Ghost In The Feed
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Nuci
Windows
Dive into the supernatural atmosphere of Ghost in the Feed! Monitor cameras to spot spectral anomalies across haunted maps. Test your memory and vigilance to survive the night or succumb to paranormal dread!
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.1%, Mystery 18.4%, Psychological 16.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Puzzle 9.4%